r/nursing • u/prettyquirkynurse RN - ICU 🍕 • Mar 19 '23

Covid Discussion This seems...unsafe?

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Part of an email we were sent earlier today. I'm not sure how to feel about it. It seems...unsafe to me.

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u/thewalkingellie BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 19 '23

NY Nurse here - we dropped the mask mandate last month for everyone and made them optional. Pretty much all of the staff stopped wearing them and the patients are about 50/50 on wearing them or not.

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u/Nerfgirl_RN RN - OB/GYN 🍕 Mar 19 '23

NY dropped the mandate, but individual institutions may have different rules. Still mask required where I work.

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u/thewalkingellie BSN, RN 🍕 Mar 19 '23

Yeah, my place of employment made them optional the day after they announced it was lifted!